In the dim hall, Cones is making final preparations for the Demon King to devour the elf girl.

He used magic to summon a huge instrument, which was more than one person tall, similar to the experimental bench used by human magicians for research. It was interspersed with various glass pipes to extract magic power.

The instrument of Cornes can transform the body of the elf girl into pure magic, but its appearance is very strange. There is a monster's head on it, but it is already in a skeleton state, like a giant octopus of some kind, with countless tentacles lying on the instrument.

Then, Cones activated the instrument, and saw that the tentacles that had long lost their vitality came alive and began to twist wildly.

Faced with such disgusting things, any girl would scream in horror, but the elf girl was unmoved at all and was finally wrapped tightly by her tentacles.

There was a rather spacious space at the bottom of the instrument, which looked like a black box that could hold a person. The tentacles immediately threw the girl in and covered the lid.

After everything was ready, the instrument began to vibrate violently, and then a shrill scream came from the box, and the sound of sharp blades cutting the body, which was creepy.

Cones closed his eyes slightly and listened to the voices carefully, as if he was enjoying it, but when the Demon King, who was standing not far away, saw this scene, tears actually shed from the corner of his eyes.

He himself was also surprised, but then he was frightened and angry. The devil king actually showed mercy for the pain of others. How ridiculous it was.

He knew very well that Nova's personality still existed in this body, but under the influence of the powerful demon king's will, Nova's personality could not have the chance to turn over.

Although it is outrageous, no matter whether he wants to believe it or not, this kind of thing happened and he must find a way to completely eradicate his useless personality.

And while he was in deep thought, Cones came over and interrupted him.

"Mr. Demon King, please see."

The devil looked at the instrument and found a large amount of bright red liquid flowing through the winding pipes, then gathered into a stream, passed through a filter device, and finally became a translucent state.

Before this was over, the huge octopus suddenly opened its eyes and came alive. He swallowed the translucent liquid, and spit it out again after a while.

But at this time, it had turned into a ball of white gas, and it passed through the cooling pipeline and turned into liquid again. This was also the final step. The one that caught the liquid was a silver wine glass.

Cones walked over and held the wine glass in front of the devil.

The Demon King could naturally feel that the magic contained in this cup of liquid was almost the same as that of Cones. He couldn't help but be surprised, wondering how could Cones have such great ability to capture a powerful elf?

However, since it was done by his capable subordinates, he would not think too much, so he happily took the wine glass and drank the liquid in one go.

This is a unique way to obtain power by demons. As long as you swallow the opponent's body, you can gain all the opponent's abilities. From now on, he will also have the power of the elf.

"By the way, where are the dragons you mentioned?" the Demon King asked then, and he could not wait to gain more power.

"Haha, then you can't help but worry." Cornes said casually, strangely, his tone was a bit perfunctory.

The Demon King could naturally hear it, and he couldn't help but get angry.

"Cones, why do I feel like you are a little inflated? Yes, you are indeed the only Dark Knight I deserve to rely on, but don't forget that I can deprive you of your identity at any time."

When Cones heard this, he was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't expected the Demon King to notice his change in his attitude, but now it's time for him to hide it.

"Is that true? Then you can try to deprive it."

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The Demon King was immediately surprised and didn't understand why this guy suddenly changed his personality, so he didn't have time to get angry for a moment.

"Haha, my devil, it seems that you can't even think of it if you don't tell you the truth," Cones smiled maliciously, then clapped his hands and shouted at the back of the instrument, "Come out."

"What? You actually..."

I saw that the elf girl who walked out was the one who was just now. She was unscathed and completely different from what she looked in the cage. She looked refreshed. It turned out that the one I had just happened was just a trick.

"I forgot to tell you that I secretly colluded with elfs back then, which led to you losing to humans. Although I had to wait for more than five hundred years to become the devil king, it was all worth it."

"Haha," the devil laughed in a bad mood, "Idiot, just you dare to covet my position?"

"It's useless to say more, let's see your current situation."

After saying this, the Demon King also understood the status quo, and immediately condensed a ball of black flame in his hand and planned to throw it on Cones. At this time, he would no longer show mercy to the only capable general. Anyway, some of the demons were candidates for the Dark Knight.

But the next second, he discovered something was wrong, because the condensed black flame in his hand had not formed at all, and just a burst of smoke came out and there was no movement.

He thought the demon king's will was dormant for too long and his adaptability to his body became worse, so he changed his attack method and decided to turn out a black lightning, but it was useless. He seemed to be unable to use any tricks.

"Kones, what did you do!" the devil roared with a ferocious face.

"Hmph, it's my turn to call you a fool this time. Don't you think about why you asked you to drink that glass of liquid just now. However, it's really funny. You don't have any doubts at all. It seems that my disguise over the years is indeed perfect."

"Hahahaha, Cones, Cones," the devil suddenly laughed like crazy, and then returned to his calmness, saying, "I did not read you wrongly. You are worthy of being a person who can do great things. Although you betray me, it is not a bad thing for the entire demon."

"Wow? Why? Did you expect that I might kill you, so you started to flatter me?" Cones jokingly hugged his arms, "Come on, the devil's face actually showed off, I just feel sad."

"No, I accept my fate, you can kill me at any time." The Demon King shook his head.

"No need, and I can't do it either. You may not have a sense of reality, but in the eyes of others, your self-healing ability is really outrageous. I guess I can't hurt you even if I use all my means."

"Is that so? Then there's nothing I can do. You can't let me commit suicide." The devil said jokingly.

At this time, after understanding his situation, the Demon King felt relaxed from the bottom of his heart. He did not lie, and it didn't matter who the Demon King was, because for every member of the Demon clan, the great cause of the clan is always more important than that of the individual.

The ability of Cornes to successfully calculate the Demon King with absolute strength is enough to prove his ability.

"Tsk tsk, can you not compare me with you? You don't have to kill you to become a demon king, and your strength is far greater than me. If you die, the power of the demon clan will be greatly weakened, and I, the next demon king, will not be long."

"So, then what you mean..." the devil asked with the flow. He really wanted to know what this guy was selling.

"I will save your life, just take your strength."

"Oh? Why?"

"...You ask me why?" Cones looked disgusted and was impatient with the topic. "Do you just want me to kill you?"

The Demon King has always had strong observation power, and he quickly understood Cones's thoughts.

He still remembers that when he was born more than a thousand years ago, Cones and several other Dark Knights were with him.

In fact, their demons had long been completely destroyed because of wars that broke out among various races on the mainland. More than a hundred years after the protracted war ended, the increasingly prosperous humans began to declare war on all races. They plundered everywhere and massacred other races, and finally set their sights on the remains of the demons.

It is precisely because of the greed of the human leader that the demons were able to revive. The demon king's will controlled him and turned into a new demon king, while his four most loyal subordinates became the Dark Knights.

After being transformed into monsters, they may have lost their reason and memory, but that loyalty is still engraved in their bones. Therefore, even though Cones did something to betray his master, he would not kill his master who had served for thousands of years.

"Haha, so that's it."

The Demon King couldn't help but smile bitterly. He never thought that he would have such a day to save his life because of human loyalty.

In fact, the human leader was a tyrant despised by thousands of people. He not only exploited the people crazy, but also killed all his relatives just to prevent his throne from being taken away.

However, after being possessed by the will of the demon king, such an evil person actually discovered his conscience and began to reflect on his sins.

However, perhaps this is the case deep in the leader. He felt guilty about what he did, but he could not suppress his own greed. The devil's will will amplify what is deep in a person's heart, which can make the most good fall into a demon, and can also make the most evil turn into an angel.

However, the result of this reflection is that he believes that the culprit of turning himself into a tyrant is greed, and as far as he knows, this greed was born from humans. Therefore, he vowed to kill all humans and completely end this cycle of greed.

The members of the demon clan will only obey the devil's will, so this goal has become the great cause of the entire demon clan, and it must be achieved no matter how much the price it pays.

At this time, he was not complacent because he saved his life, but felt that he had no other value than being a demon king, so he had an idea.

Next, Cones no longer hesitated. He placed his hand on the top of the demon's head, and then suddenly grabbed it and pulled out a translucent soul-like thing from the demon's body.

Cones swallowed the thing directly, and then his body began to undergo drastic changes, expanding continuously and twisting again, but he soon returned to calm.

But when he absorbed all his power and looked at the Demon King again, he found that the other party had lost his breath. He remembered that he had specially left a trace of power for the Demon King, but even the remaining trace of power disappeared.

The ex-demon king actually committed suicide.
Chapter completed!